ERIC Number: ED601905
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Sep
Pages: 48
Abstractor: ERIC
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Environmental Instruction Catalyzes Standards-Based Science Teaching: How Environmental Literacy Aids Implementation of the NGSS. Evaluation Report #9
Nilsen, Katy; Iveland, Ashley; Britton, Ted; Tyler, Burr; Arnett, Elizabeth
WestEd
This report describes how effective environmental literacy can be for catalyzing Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) teaching, and how the California K-8 NGSS Early Implementers Initiative has provided professional learning about environmental literacy to prompt and support this synergy. The report also outlines how the California Science Framework and the Human Impacts standards of the NGSS clearly call for such synergy. This is the ninth report in a series of evaluation reports about the Initiative, which are all intended for school and district administrators, leaders of science professional learning, and state policymakers. It draws on surveys, interviews, and observations of environmental literacy-focused lessons.
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Academic Standards, Science Education, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation, Literacy, Vignettes, Field Trips, Partnerships in Education, Science Instruction, Physical Sciences
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
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Audience: Administrators; Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: WestEd; S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
Identifiers - Location: California
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